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Chris Brogan (he writes a great blog on social media that I follow daily) had a post last week on how to help in Haiti – in the post he links to a great post - Designing Hashtags for Emergency Response, by Chris Messina from the blog Factory City.  Messina’s post offers some great thoughts on creating hashtags for twitter and he links to the Epic Project EPIC from the University of Colorado at Boulder – which is working on Tweak the Tweet – a standard group of hashtags for tweeting information in Haiti.

What the hashtag? If you are not a regular on Twitter you are probably reading this and wondering what on earth does a hashtag have to do with anything on Twitter or Haiti.  Since I have gotten a few phone calls and emails asking about this in the past week let me take a moment to review the hashtag.

Because 1 blog just isn’t enough. We have set up a blog at Posterous – which is a pretty nifty tool like tumblr. Posterous lets you create a blog post by sending an email.

The new MorePGH.Posterous.com serves 2 purposes:

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Most Fridays @ 6:45 you can here us on WDVE (102.5) with a little summary of some things to do in Pittsburgh over the weekend. Today we talked about the G20 and some other things happening in Pittsburgh this weekend. For more on the G20 – follow along on Twitter – www.twitter.com/iheartpgh
G20 + Terrible Towel Photo Contest

• submit G20 photos that include terrible towels – Deadline Sept. 27, 2009
• best photo wins a Sally Wiggin T-shirt
• www.onlyinpgh.com

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Blue Ribbon Bacon Tour

• Saturday, Sept 26, Harris Grill
• $30 for all you can eat bacon and bacon themed meals
• bacon, bacon pierogi, bacon cupcakes

Little Italy Days in Bloomfield

• Friday, Saturday and Sunday
• Food, music and italian fun
• Italian ice from La Scola’s!!!!

RAD Days 2009 – Regional Asset District

• Sunday – September 27 – Carnegie Science Center is open for FREE
• Wednesday – September 30 – Heinz Feild is open for free tours

Trax Farm Fall Festival

• Every weekend until October 26
• Pumpkins, hay rides, corn maze

Cook Speak at the Waffle Shop

• Sunday, Sept. 27 11am-1pm
• Tom Totin hosts the podcast Cook Speak and will be broadcasting live from the waffle shop on Sunday
• http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=17668&cmd=tc

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To celebrate the 2009 Venture Outdoors Festival (which is this weekend)!!! and Great Outdoors week – Venture Outdoors is giving away a a kayak to one lucky Twitter follower.  Here are the details…
The Venture Outdoors Festival is only a week away on May 16th at Point State Park! To celebrate our new location we’re giving away a kayak, thanks to Emotion Kayaks, to one lucky Twitterer. Just follow the two steps below and you’ll be automatically entered into a drawing to win a free Emotion kayak!

Step 1: Retweet the EXACT message below on Twitter:

RT @ventureoutdoors is giving away a FREE Kayak! Join us May 16 at the VO Festival. To enter visit: http://tinyurl.com/VOFestraffle

Step 2: Follow us on Twitter. It’s easy. Click the link below and click the follow button below our logo: http://www.twitter.com/ventureoutdoors

That’s it! The winning name will be drawn at the Venture Outdoors Festival on May 16th. We’ll announce the winner via tweet and at the WYEP tent at the Festival!

Good luck and we hope you can join us May 16th for the region’s premiere outdoor recreation event with tons of exciting activities for the whole family – from kayaking, canoeing, fishing, yoga, biking, climbing and more! For more info click here
It is that easy to enter.

Pedal Pale Ale Keg Ride

• Join the folks at East End Brewery for a bike ride to take the first kegs of the season’s Pedal Pale Ale to the bar.
• Friday, May 15 – Meet at East End Brewery at 6pm, Ride starts at 7pm will be about a 7 mile ride
• Last year over 220 people joined the keg ride

Pittsburgh Party for a Purpose @ Firehouse

• Friday, May 15 @ 9pm
• Benefits Homeless Children’s Education Fund

Regent Square Yard Sale Day

• Saturday, May 16 – Neighborhood wide yard sale
• 8am-2pm
• Maps available at the Regent Square Theater and the Wilkins School Community Center
• Used book sale at Wilkins School Community Center

Win a Free Kayak on Twitter & Venture Outdoors Festival

• Kick off great outdoors week at the Venture Outdoors Festival at Point State Park
• Full day of FREE activities
• Fishing, Dragon Boats, Kayaks, Climbing Wall
• Saturday May 16 @ Point State Park
• Follow Venture Outdoors on Twitter and you could win a new kayak!

Pedal Pittsburgh

• Annual Bike Tour of the City
• 4 different routes – 50 miles, 25 miles, 15 miles and 5 miles tours of the city
• Benefits the Community Design Center of Pittsburgh

This Thursday, folks from around the world will be gathering to support a great cause. The Pittsburgh Twitter community will be getting together at local bars, restaurants, bowling alleys, malls, movie theaters, parks etc… to raise money for Charity:Water.The event is being dubbed as a “Twestival“.Charity:Water is a non-profit organization that helps to bring clean, safe drinking water to those that cannot otherwise afford or obtain it. Let’s break the numbers down… 1.1 billion people don’t have clean drinking water. That is 1 in every 6 people. WOW!

The event, sponsored by BarkleyREI, an interactive agency in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, will take place at Downey’s House on Stubenville Pike in Robinson Township on Thursday, February 12th. From 6-9, you can enjoy food and drinks, live music courtesy of Juan Vasquez from Sauce.

Pittsburgh media has been picking up the event and local businesses have been graciously donating for the raffle. Some prizes include, a green membership from the Mattress Factory, Penguins tickets, T-shirts from Wear Pittsburgh and your’s truly, IheartPGH, artwork from local artists, Mandy McFadden Photography, Steel City Artist, Strawberry Luna and much, much more!

Do you want to get in on the fun? Do you want be part of the Pittsburgh Twestival and make a difference in someone’s life? There is still time to donate and reserve your spot for Thursday’s event. Click here to donate.